Long-Term Competitiveness Group

Our Long-Term Competitiveness Group (LTCG) is our senior member body responsible for ensuring that government and regulators develop and implement policies designed to ensure that the UK remains an internationally attractive and competitive place for financial and related professional services firms to invest and do business.

The group provides strategic oversight to our policy work, ensuring that long-term competitiveness issues for the industry are considered and addressed by policymakers as business adapts to technological, environmental, and social change. It is focused on influencing the future shape of the UK’s regulatory, legal, and tax regimes and the approach of its regulatory and supervisory authorities.

With the support of specialist policy committees, the LTCG supports TheCityUK in celebrating the strengths and success of our industry, while ensuring that the UK policy and regulatory landscape continues to evolve in a way which supports the industry’s continued growth and success.

The group is supported by several specialist committees:  

Our latest long-term competitiveness news:

UK retains world-leading financial services trade surplus and global hub status

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AI in financial services: emerging global norms

News

Highlights from 2025: Key outcomes across our strategic priorities

Press release

TheCityUK launches new initiative to meet UK Defence and Resilience needs

Events:

TheCityUK National Conference 2025

Our National Conference 2025 took place at the Queens Hotel in Leeds on Thursday 27 November. This year's conference was an opportunity to look at the role of our industry in enabling inclusive growth across the UK.

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TheCityUK and Financial Services Skills Commission Future Skills Conference 2026

Join us in May for the Future Skills Conference 2025, in partnership with Financial Services Skills Commission

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